They care not. Business take advantage of anything like the holidays. :(

NBA, CBS, Obama, Comcast, Toyota, Care Bears, etc., and I care though. :P

Cheaper prices due to recent elections. Prices will go up again anyways!

How about an on demand HTML5 video blocker like Flashblock and Mozilla's plugin's ondemand option (click on it to show it).

You said it wrong. R!=F. [grin] ;)

TFA states this is for type 1.

Where do you set that up on Gmail? I never knew that!

Does any channels show stuff? Even PBS doesn't do much either. :(

Good point however sometimes dirt cheap has association attached to it, so maybe dirt cheap in the realm of medical devices, or again, sometimes, it's considered beneficial to go for quantity and license the IP for a reasonable fee to many vendors on the hope that a small slice of a much bigger pies is better.

If for instance this allowed 3D ultrasound technology drop to a consumer price point maybe the profitable strategy is to license it cheap to everyone and collect a few bucks on the sale of every iPhone 7 or Galaxy 6.

In Java and Flash? Yeah.

The purpose of copyright is to ensure the public can continue to enjoy the creative work of artists. Probably good not to forget that. Artists (or their agents) getting paid is an implementation detail. That implementation has been working pretty well but it's not the actual goal.

It's common over there to cross a border (leave the country) in order to get your passport stamped and renew your tourist VISA. The practice is so common there are organized "VISA runs" via bus and even services that will do the legwork (exit for you - lol) every few months. It's possible he was just trying to be in Laos legally.

Nah, Iranian rial (IRR). ;)

Because it is rural. :(

As shown in last night's Simpsons episode. ;P